Port Vale are believed to have renewed an interest in Louis Dodds, but The Sentinel understands a deal has yet to be agreed to bring the 31 year old home to Vale Park.

Dodds is under contract at Chesterfield but has been made available by the Spireites as their new manager Martin Allen looks to rebuild his squad following relegation from the Football League last season.

Dodds spent eight years with the Valiants before leaving on a free transfer for Shrewsbury two years ago.

Vale inquired about him in January but the Spireties instead agreed a deal with the Shrews to take the versatile forward to Derbyshire.

Vale boss Neil Aspin said last month that Dodds wasn't on his list of targets at that time, but that list may well have changed as the Valiants have inquired about different strikers.

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Dodds was recruited for Vale by then manager Lee Sinnott from Leicester in 2008 and went on to make more than 300 appearances for the club. He was also one of the players who stuck with the Valiants in the summer of 2012 after Vale went into administration.